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What are the customs of the traditional festival Dragon Boat Festival?

1, Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race

Duanwu Festival Dragon Boat Race, very popular in the south of China, it is the earliest when the ancient Yue people sacrificed to the God of the water or the God of the Dragon, a sacrificial activity, whose origins may have begun at the end of primitive society. Dragon boat race is a traditional Chinese folk water sports and entertainment programs, has been passed down for more than two thousand years, mostly held in festivals, is a multi-person collective paddle race. History records, dragon boat racing is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan and the rise. This shows that dragon boat racing is not only a kind of sports and entertainment activities, but also reflects the spirit of patriotism and collectivism in people's hearts.

The size of dragon boat boats varies from place to place. The race is within the prescribed distance, at the same time set sail, in order to reach the end of the order to determine the ranking. The dragon boat races in China are slightly different for each ethnic group. The Han Chinese are held in the annual "Dragon Boat Festival", the captain of the boat is generally 20-30.

2, wear ai leaves

Shanxi Province, the Dragon Boat Festival, men and women wear ai leaves, known as "to go to the disease", the youngest child is tied to the hundreds of cords on the neck, which is said to be "to go to the disease", and the children are said to be "to the disease. neck, which is said to be "for Qu Yuan to tie the dragon". Xi'an County Dragon Boat Festival, the village sacrificed to the Dragon King, and hanging paper in the field. Huairen County Dragon Boat Festival is also known as "Zhu Men". At the Dragon Boat Festival in Dingxiang County, students were required to give gifts to teachers. Lu'an Province to wheat flour steamed dough, known as "white dough", and zongzi together with each other.

3. Treading Stone

Duanwu in Shaanxi Province, local officials led their subordinates to watch the race, called "Treading Stone". Xingping County, the Dragon Boat Festival with silk sewn small corn, and then sewn underneath a small doll, known as "play dolls". In Tongguan County, the Dragon Boat Festival is called "Zhen Disease" when the door is pasted with a sticking stick and a paper cow.

4, buy Shishou fish

Jiading County, Jiangsu Province, the Dragon Boat Festival, rich or poor, must buy Shishou fish (commonly known as koji) cooking. Yizheng County also has "when the pants, buy yellowtail" proverb. Nanjing Dragon Boat Festival, each family is a box of water, add a little andrographis, googly-eyed money two, the size of the family are using this water to wash their eyes, known as the "broken fire eye", it is said to protect a year without eye disease. Wujin night dragon boat theater, the night on all sides of the dragon boat hanging on the small lights racing, and there are xiao drums and singing.

5, out of the Dragon Boat Festival

Sichuan Province, Shizhu County, "out of the Dragon Boat Festival" custom. By four people with two bamboo poles to lift a large square table with a red carpet. On the carpet with bamboo gabions woven a Taoist priest riding a tiger. Drums and gongs are beaten, and a parade is held on the streets. In the old days, there was also a custom in western Sichuan of "typing children" at the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, Chengdu people buy plums, in the southeast corner of the city under the city tower, up and down to throw, gathered tens of thousands of observers. Guangxu twenty-one years (1895) because of throwing plums and foreign missionaries in Hengyu, this custom thus ceased. Leshan, Xinjin and other places in the Dragon Boat Race, but also held a grand commodity fair. In parts of Mianyang City and Suining City, there is a Dragon Boat Festival to eat the tradition of wrapping noodles [and dumplings similar to cooking with a filling wrapped in pastry], the exact origin of which is yet to be proved.

Reference:

People's Daily Online - Customs of the Dragon Boat Festival across the country